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Endless Summer: Stories by Elin Hilderbrand, Elin Hilderbrand, Erin Bennett

melfierro's review against another edition

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5.0

I love a book that feels like a warm hug! Since I spent most of 2021 reading Elin Hilderbrand books, reading and rereading these bonus chapters. I love getting to see what’s happened to some of my favorite characters!

keegan85's review against another edition

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funny hopeful lighthearted reflective relaxing medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

princessofbooksandcoffee's review against another edition

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emotional funny hopeful lighthearted medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? N/A
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

3.75

readingrubia's review against another edition

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hopeful lighthearted relaxing medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

thompsonmer44's review against another edition

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adventurous lighthearted relaxing medium-paced

3.0

leahtoomey's review against another edition

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3.0

I finished Summer of ‘69 and 28 Summers and was like ugh that’s it? I needed like one more chapter. She gave me literally exactly that in this book except I didn’t actually need one more chapter and I wasn’t a huge fan of them.

paintcc's review against another edition

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2.0

These stories were pretty lackluster. No depth of character and truly meaningless unless you were extremely familiar with the corresponding book. Even then I didn't see where these prequels/sequels added anything to the story.

bookswritingandmore's review against another edition

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4.0

This novel is for super fans of Elin Hildebrand as each chapter is a new prologue or extra chapter for some of her novels. The one I enjoyed most was the extra chapters of 28 summers. I know that any super fan will find this book to be amazing.

wls1122's review against another edition

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4.0

Liked the “idea” of this book closing up loose ends but in so many of the stories I had either forgotten the story or it had been too long to even remember the first ones. Some you didn’t need to know the original but with the last two 79 and 89 you did. So thankfully I did remember summer of 69 that those made sense.

stmchester's review against another edition

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3.0

A mix that didn't quite work...
It was fun to revisit some familiar characters, but I just didn't like the format of prequels, sequels, a novella, etc. It felt disjointed and pasted together.
But I needed a break from some serious nonfiction and this did the trick.